There is a black glazed Boshan incense burner on the ebony feet, the face is carved with birds and beasts, the incense burner rises up a thick cigarette like a colorful cloud, repeatedly drifts away, a cool breeze blows in outside the house, the upright agarwood is shaken by the wind a little, and the two masters are like two masters in front of the joke.

Mu Zhiqing knelt on his legs, not daring to raise his head.

This is Mu Zhefeng's study, he stood condescendingly and looked at Mu Zhiqing who was kneeling, he clenched his fists, there was a Biheng sword on the big red sandalwood case, sweat was dripping on his forehead, the body standing in front of the case trembled slightly, the fist in his hand was clenched tighter, and the sound of bone and joint friction was made.

Mu Zhiqing was so frightened that he didn't dare to raise his head.

Mu Zhefeng rushed forward and roughly pulled Mu Zheqing's collar, he shouted, "What the hell have you done!" I believe you, so I sent you to pick up the emperor back, how did you take it, the hundred officials are back, what about the emperor? In such a tense situation, the thieves in Shaanxi and the White Lotus Sect in Jiangxi colluded together, ready to move, why didn't you take the emperor back at such a critical moment? We obviously have the chance to win, the court has millions of heroes, the Manchu Dynasty talents, and the treasury is sufficient, so it is easy to exterminate this group of thieves.

At such a crucial point, you actually told me that you didn't bring the emperor back! Mu Zhiqing, I don't believe in your ability, there is really no way to take it back, is it powerless, or does it not want to be taken back at all? ”

After Mu Zhefeng finished speaking, he slapped Mu Zheqing in the face, Mu Zheqing was beaten to the ground, the corners of his mouth were oozing blood, he didn't dare to look up at Mu Zhefeng, and he didn't dare to say a word of justification!

"Why, now you don't even dare to speak, usually, if you are arrogant, who is your opponent in the entire capital? Dumb today! Mu Zhefeng was still angry, and kicked Mu Zhiqing.

Mu Zheqing opened his mouth, but he didn't open his mouth after all, Mu Zhefeng was even more annoyed, he couldn't bear it, and stepped forward to punch Mu Zhiqing again, this punch was too ruthless, and the blood in Mu Zhiqing's mouth gushed out directly.

Mu Zhiqing got up from the ground and wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth with his sleeve, the blood was cheap to the crown of his delicate hair, and the blood on his face was wiped out irregularly because of his sleeves, and he looked embarrassed.

This fist made Mu Zhiqing speak, "Big brother, I'm sorry, it's me who is incompetent, I have thought of countless ways, I will bring the emperor back, tens of thousands of troops to escort at every turn, such a huge crowd, no matter how strict the precautions, as long as a spy is mixed in, these tens of thousands of horses will be concentrated in one place, and the whole army will be annihilated." I have no choice, I have to bring the ministers back first! ”

Mu Zhefeng snorted coldly, "Heh, the emperor didn't come back, what's the use of you bringing the minister back?" Let them come back and continue to intrigue and calculate, which faction to stand on? No, His Royal Highness is dead, and there is only one King of Chu left, are you asking them to come back and support King Chu to ascend to the throne? What are your intentions? ”

Where is the intention of the last sentence, resounding in the sky, startling a flock of birds outside the courtyard!

"Big brother, what do you say I should do! At least the emperor can protect himself in Chang'an! If I take him halfway and something goes wrong, the world will really be over! ”

"Shut up! In this case, why are you coming back, you should stay in Chang'an, find the best time to bring the emperor back, you bring these courtiers back, you tell me, what are you going to do! ”

"This is not what I meant, it is what the emperor meant, the ministers have been to Chang'an for half a year, and now the vacancies in the six departments are too big, the situation is tense, the emperor asked them to come back to assist you! The emperor gave me two orders, one is to order you to see everything, and the other is to send me to face the thief! And the White Lotus Sect, the emperor sent the Marquis of Nanxiong to send troops! ”

"Marquis Nanxiong, their Ming family is so deeply involved with the White Lotus Sect, who does it mean to let him exterminate the White Lotus Sect?"

"Nanxiong Hou took the initiative to ask for help!"

"This Ming Yikun is really an old fox, he can always make the emperor happy, the emperor trusts him so much, he doesn't know what kind of wolf he trusts!"

"I think the marquis is very good! After all, the White Lotus Sect forced the Fourth Highness to death, and the Marquis of Nanxiong was the uncle of the Fourth Highness, so it was reasonable for him to take the initiative to ask Ying to avenge his nephew. ”

Mu Zhefeng walked towards Mu Zheqing step by step, his eyes were murderous, gradually, Mu Zheqing read something from his eyes, he retreated, Mu Zhefeng approached step by step, "Reasonable?" It's reasonable, how long do you want to hide it from me, I have calculated everything, I forgot only one of you, you rely on my trust in you, what have you done! ”

Mu Zhiqing's face unconsciously showed a weak heart, "Big brother, I don't know what you're talking about, are you being sowing discord by traitors!" ”

Mu Zhefeng grabbed Mu Zheqing's collar again, "Mu Zheqing, you tell me!" What has your Eagle Division done in the past two years? What the hell have you done behind my back! Why! The Jiangxi White Lotus Sect has always been investigating, and there is the Jianying Guard sent by Shaanxi to supervise, what did they do? Da Jin has reached this point, is there any force in it? ”

Mu Zheqing knelt on the ground again, "Big brother, why did you wronged me, my eldest brother is so kind to me, everything I have is given by my eldest brother, if you don't believe it, I will return this life to my eldest brother!" ”

Mu Zhefeng sighed weakly, "Mu Zheqing, what you said is sincere?" For so many years, you have treated me as a fool, what are you dissatisfied with the emperor, everything you have never been given by me, it is the emperor today, it is my father-in-law, and he is also your father-in-law! He's sorry for you! You tell why! ”

"Big brother, if you have to say that, I have nothing to say, let the big brother deal with it!"

"Don't move and give me back your life! Mu Zheqing, have you done it, you know it in your heart! Go to General Li Kai, hand over the big seal of Jianyingwei and all the waist cards, from today onwards, you are not allowed to go anywhere, just stay in this mansion, I will let Li Kai find out, if it is really me who wronged you, I will make amends to you, if it is not wronged, Mu Zhiqing, you are my best brother, I will hand over everything in Mu Wangfu to you, I will treat you as my own brother! Hopefully, hopefully, I think too much! ”

"Big brother...... If there is a day, no one will leave my life, and I will only die at your hands. "I did betray you, I was ready to give you my life! In this world, except for Qin'er, I am most ashamed of my eldest brother!

Big brother, let's be brothers in the next life!

Tanjin Palace, on the fifth day of Gao Yang's return from the imperial mausoleum, Mu Zhiqing returned to the capital, but he did not take the emperor back as he wished, but came back with hundreds of civil and military officials, what the specific situation was, she didn't know, these days were calm, Concubine Xian, that stupid woman, didn't come to find trouble, I don't know if Concubine Chen said something, or she herself communicated, and no longer angered Gao Yang.

Since the imperial tomb came out, Gao Yang stayed quietly in the palace, thinking about a question every day, what is Ming Huaibing's intentions, and how should she face the future situation!

A palace maid reported that someone from King Mu's mansion had come.

Gao Yang summoned them in, only to know that it was Mama Su who brought Dan Yu into the palace, and it turned out that Mu Zhiqing came back, so he sent Dan Yu back to the palace to continue to serve Gao Yang, and Dan Yu also brought a letter to Gao Yang.

When Mu Zheqing went to Chang'an to pick up the emperor, Gao Yang wrote a letter to Bai Qianhua and asked Mu Zheqing to take it to Chang'an, and this letter was naturally a reply from Mu Zheqing from Chang'an!

Gao Yang sent Mama Su away, she retreated left and right, and took the letter into the inner room alone.

She clenched the letter tightly, but didn't dare to tear it open, this is a letter from her mother Bai Qianhua, count the days, she and her mother haven't seen each other for almost two years, Gao Qiye sent Gao Yang to Shifu to hide his identity, and then the emperor who went out on patrol didn't know how to meet Bai Qianhua, in short, he took Bai Qianhua away, took Bai Qianhua to Chang'an, and went for a year.

I heard that my mother was trying to save him, to save that, and she would not call his father's father in her life, so she was hit by an arrow in the chest.

And Gao Yang was free and easy in the capital, forced Shi Mingyu to death, married Ming Dailing privately, and became the young lady in charge of the Nanxiong Marquis Mansion, was abandoned, had a miscarriage, all this, and the ridiculous investigation of the father's case, and the torture of the reincarnation of the goddess, does my mother know? Will her mother blame her, will she feel sorry for her, and besides, her biological father chased and killed her, do these mothers know?

What will be written in a mother's letter! Gao Yang finally mustered up the courage to open the letter, but to his great disappointment, Bai Qian's letter was not written at all, because the letter was not Bai Qian's letter at all, but the family letter of the current emperor, her imperial stepfather.

The emperor's stepfather greeted her and cared about her, like a most ordinary and ordinary father, he told everything, and the letter also said that Luo Ji followed Mu Zhiqing back to the capital, if someone bullied Gao Yang, Gao Yang can go to Luo Ji, Luo Ji is the chief eunuch of the palace, the old man in the palace, and he also watched Mu Zhefeng and the princes grow up, so it is most suitable for him to protect Gao Yang!

Gao Yang put down the letter and was stunned for a long time, this is the emperor who hated Gao Zhan to the bone, this is the emperor who tortured Mu Zhiqing and the ghost, this is the Ming Huaibing mouth, is the wise holy lord, and the first emperor worshiped by the people, or the emperor who aroused the hatred of the courtiers around him.

This complex and multi-faceted emperor, which is his true face?

All of this is so uncomfortable! Her mother, who was in her heart, didn't say a word about her, and didn't even want to reply to her.

The emperor's stepfather, who was indistinguishable from good and evil, cared so much about her.

After a while, Luo Ji came to visit Gao Yang, he was familiar with Gao Yang at first sight, he was kind and kind, and he seemed to have something to do with Gao Yang.

Gao Yang invited Luo Ji to take a seat, Luo Ji didn't dare, his hair was white, and the frown at the corners of his eyes reflected his age, Gao Yang saw Luo Ji standing, she also stood, and the two stood in the main hall of the Sandalwood Palace to talk.

"Princess Gaoyang, I used to be the person next to the Empress Dowager, Mrs. Qianhua, oh, no, the Empress Mother saved me in the past, the old slave will definitely reciprocate, if the princess has any needs, just tell me!"

"Speaking of the Empress Dowager, Concubine Chen Guifei won't let me see her, I really miss my grandmother,"

"The status of the Empress Dowager is noble, and Concubine Chen takes care of the Empress Dowager carefully, so the princess doesn't have to worry! Princess, I came back from Chang'an, and the emperor asked the old slave to bring something! ”

After that, he cautiously opened a delicate box, "Inside is a jade pendant given to you by the emperor!" This jade pendant is not an ordinary object, but the emperor's personal jade pendant! ”

"What? Close-fitting jade pendant? The emperor is so kind to me, I deserve it! I'm afraid I can't pick it up. ”

"Princess, you don't want to be like this, you dare to refuse what the emperor rewards? This jade pendant, and another piece is exactly the same as this one in General Mu, General Mu grew up in the palace since he was a child, and the emperor regarded him as his own, and once said that he would reward the best and favorite children, and that piece was awarded to General Mu. The other piece has not found a suitable candidate, so I simply brought it myself, and now, the emperor has given you this jade pendant! ”

"The emperor's great grace!"

"He has a deep affection for the queen, so naturally he will not treat you lightly!"

Gao Yang originally thought that the stupid woman of Concubine Xian had stopped, but she didn't expect that it was just a ton, too, that kind of woman, she has jumped over the wall in a hurry, who does she hate, some stupid people are like this, she has lost everything, lost her spiritual pillar, she has no meaning in living in the world, so she found one thing for herself, so that this matter will become her spiritual pillar to live.

Obviously, the spiritual pillar she is looking for is to take revenge on Gao Yang, if Gao Yang is not happy, she will be happy, she doesn't care about life or death, who does she care about? Offend Ming Dailing? Do you care what these laborers do? Gao Yang is holding a dagger, and he is about to jump to the beam of the house to assassinate her person!

She could never forgive!

Mu Zhefeng sighed in the room, distressed that the emperor did not take him back to the capital, and Mu Zheqing, he finally made up his mind to investigate thoroughly, for so many years, what Mu Zheqing did, he was not completely unfeeling, but he firmly believed that Mu Zheqing's approach had a hard time and a deep meaning.

The people of Jianying under Mu Zheqing's jurisdiction complained, but in fact, Mu Zheqing was not really as rumored, Mu Zheqing really loved money, and bribed everywhere to collect money.

However, the fundamental reason for all this is that the Jianying Division's salary is too low, such a low salary, what kind of errand is it to do, it is a job to add blood to the tip of the knife, and the Jianying Guard is all over the country, there are many people, why let these people take the meager Yulu to work hard for Mu Zhenqing!

As a last resort, Mu Zheqing can only use a special way to collect money, although he loves money, but a gentleman loves money, and he takes it in a good way, such as court ministers, especially corrupt officials, to deal with corrupt officials, Mu Zheqing has many means, and ensures that corrupt officials are willing to give thousands of gold, as well as rich businessmen. Real ordinary people, Mu Zheqing will not start.

Once he also persuaded Mu Zhiqing, but what can be done, this is a dead knot, there is no way to open it, the emperor deliberately did not give Jianying Division sufficient silver, but gave Mu Zhiqing supreme power, which is to imply that Mu Zhiqing used the power in his hands to collect wealth and supply Jianying Division.

This approach is really clever, the emperor does not need to spend a huge amount of silver from the treasury to supply a group of murderers, and he will not be caught by the ministers and the people, in the eyes of the people, he is a good emperor, and the Eagle Division is just an ordinary intelligence yamen.

Mu Zheqing has already offended the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty by collecting money everywhere and extorting money, and his reputation is also a murderous maniac who is scolded by thousands of people in the eyes of the people.

Because he doesn't have any backers, his backers are only the emperor, once he offends the emperor, or betrays the emperor, then he will die without a corpse, Jianying Division has mastered all the secrets of the emperor, and the position of the commander is particularly important, so this is the best way to deal with Mu Zhiqing!

Sometimes he watched Mu Zhiqing fall into it, no matter what, he couldn't get out, this was really a bad sign, he was afraid that Mu Zhiqing would not die well in the future, he persuaded Mu Zhiqing, Mu Zhiqing said that he was willing.

The emperor is his father-in-law, what secrets does the emperor have, why does the Jianying Division know, but does not tell him, the emperor's explanation to him is: "Feng'er, you are too clean!" I just want you to be a clean, happy, and good general! You don't need to know anything else! Those dark things should not be stained on your noble and spotless life! ”

So, did this kind of shady thing give Mu Zhiqing? Although Mu Zheqing is not his own brother, he is better than his own brother!

Just when he was distressed about all this, he had also obstructed Mu Zhiqing from taking charge of the Eagle Division, but Mu Zhiqing insisted on doing so, he remembered that time, Mu Zhiqing's firm eyes, one night, he knelt on the floor tiles of the hall, and said to him word by word: "Big brother, you are too good, if I want to be your brother, I must bear all this, the emperor will not want a person who has no use value, can be your younger brother, the son of the king of Zhenli!" I have no regrets! ”

Now that I think about it, he was wrong, if he firmly prevented Mu Zhiqing from taking charge of the Eagle Division, maybe he would have a good ending, he always had a hunch that Mu Zhiqing had done a lot of things behind his back, and if it was found out that Mu Zhiqing had betrayed the emperor, what should he do with him?

Mu Zhefeng was in an irritable mood and had a terrible headache, Concubine Chen sent someone to invite Mu Zhefeng, Mu Zhefeng refused several times, Concubine Chen insisted on being invited, he could only enter the palace to see Concubine Chen!

Mu Zhefeng grew up in the palace since he was a child, when he was young, most of the concubines hugged him and took him to play, the concubine was Mu Zhefeng's adoptive mother, so the other concubines were also counted as most of his adoptive mother, because the emperor and the king of Zhenli were brothers and sisters, and they regarded him as their own and loved him very much, and the imperial concubine naturally stammered him very much.

Among them, Concubine Chen is very good to him, and he has been cooking all kinds of food since he was a child, although he returned to King Mu's mansion and rarely saw the concubine Niangniang, after all, he also has kindness, and he is not easy to refuse.

On this day, he was sitting in the imperial garden, and Zhang Zhimi came over, "Big brother, the concubine said that you are here, and asked me to come and accompany you!" ”

"Hmm!"

"Do you want to be so indifferent, I'm your sister-in-law, and you don't care about me, you're too busy, we haven't seen each other in January, and you don't ask me how I've been doing lately!"

Mu Zhefeng asked obediently: "How are you doing?" ”

Zhang Zhimi was speechless, she pouted dissatisfied, "Your greeting is not too fake, do you want me, or do you want other women?" Are you thinking about Gao Yang? ”

Mu Zhefeng was stunned, if he remembered correctly, Zhang Zhimi followed Mu Zhiqing, calling Gao Yang a stupid woman, and today he actually saved the word "stupid", "Why did you suddenly mention her?" ”

"Let me tell you, I suddenly feel that she is quite pitiful, I heard that she has been bullied by Concubine Xian! In fact, Gao Yang is not so hateful! She's innocent, why does everyone like to bully her! ”

Mu Zhefeng sat down on the stone bench: "Don't you dislike her?" ”

At this time, Concubine Chen and Zhang Zhichu walked over, and Concubine Chen put a plate of hazelnut cake on the stone table: "Feng'er, I made it myself, you can taste it!" ”

Mu Zhefeng and Zhang Zhimi finished their salutes to Concubine Chen, and they were very polite, picking up chopsticks and tasting them. Zhang Zhimi's hazelnut cake on his mouth was half eaten, and he shouted, "Big brother, look at Concubine Xian and Gao Yang!" ”

Mu Zhefeng saw that under the rockery below, Gao Yang was kneeling at the feet of Concubine Xian, her face was angry, she was just about to get up, the two eunuchs held Gao Yang firmly, they pressed her hands on the ground, Concubine Xian stepped on it hard, it was not very far from here, but there was also a distance, and they couldn't really hear the conversation.

Concubine Xian stepped on Gao Yang's finger, Gao Yang shouted "ah", this shout, Mu Zhefeng heard it clearly, the hazelnut crisp in his hand stopped, looked intently, and kept hesitating to save Gao Yang.

Zhang Zhichu asked, "General Mu, do you want to go over and help her?" You probably have a crush on her! ”

Zhang Zhimi snorted coldly, "It's impossible for my eldest brother to fall in love with her, but she is really pitiful, eldest brother, let's go save her!" ”

Mu Zhefeng put down the hazelnut cake: "Guifei Niangniang, I remember that I still have something, forgive the ministers for being rude, and retire first!" ”

Mu Zhefeng left, Zhang Zhichu obviously saw his messy steps leaving, could it be that he really fell in love with Gao Yang? Seeing that Gao Yang was being bullied, he was afraid of rumors and didn't dare to save him, and he was panicked with worry.

Oops, that's funny!

Jinhua Palace, Concubine Xian carefully traced her eyebrows in front of the mirror, her flower and moon appearance did not change at all, she was confident that she was still the most beautiful woman in the three palaces and six courtyards, except for Bai Qian's painting, but her soul under this beautiful skin was dead.

"Go and bring that woman here!"

"No!"

After a short time, the two eunuchs took Gao Yang to Jinhua Palace, and Concubine Xian lifted Gao Yang's chin with a hairpin, "Today, this palace will take you to see a good show!" ”

Gao Yang's face did not change, she was not afraid at all, and her face was full of ridicule of Concubine Xian: "What means are there, you can't use it!" ”

"Excellent! Take her away! After Concubine Xian finished the order, she stepped on her embroidered shoes with broken branches and flowers, and walked outside, "Mu Zhiqing brought all the courtiers back, and now the civil and military officials are discussing in the Xuanwu Palace, do you know what they are discussing?" Defeat the high thieves! ”

Behind the gate of the Xuanwu Palace, Concubine Xian grabbed Gao Yang's hair and pressed her on the gate, the gate of the Xuanwu Hall was just half-covered, one door was opened, and the other was covered, and Concubine Xian pressed Gao Yang behind the door.

I only heard one of the ministers inside say: "The high thief is the scourge of Da Zhen, he is a silverfish, he has lost his conscience, he is heinous, he will not get rid of it for a day, I will not be at peace for a day, I will not be able to write a crusade letter for the next time, read it to His Royal Highness the King of Chu, General Mu and all the adults!" ”

"Good!"

"So, read it and listen to it!"

Concubine Xian walked lightly, twisted her waist slightly, showing her charm, her voice sounded in Gao Yang's ears word by word, "Give me a good listen to what they say, it's better to come early than to come by coincidence, just listen to your biological father's crusade!" ”

"Heaven and earth are righteous, thousands of miles of rivers. Emperor Zun created the world to cut the dawn, and the town left the sword to fix the country. Green mountains lead dragons, and all industries are prosperous. It should be the stars and the moon falling in the heavenly palace, and the world will fall into a dream. It is not only a peaceful and prosperous era, but also a peaceful country.

However, the high thieves are looking at the mountains, and their hearts are charming, and they are very disturbed by it, and they disturb the tranquility of our country. Before he didn't remember the love of master and apprentice, he brutalized the town, and then he didn't thank the Son of Heaven for his kindness and wanted to rebel. As a minister but not for the country and the people, it is against the way of the monarch and the minister, and he does not care about the safety of the people. He also confused me to reflect the moon and heal the immortals, help the thieves to rebel, and benefit the youth. is a father but teaches his son to eat poison, he is far from ashamed of his ancestors and ancestors, and he is not close to the affection of father and son.

Is it the wickedness of man? Is it the Father's wickedness? Is it the way of a gentleman? What a misfortune for the Great Perfection! Heaven, earth, man and God have learned from each other, and the rebellious ministers and thieves should be punished for their crimes. ”